Ban assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips.

Bonnie Watson Coleman · New Jersey · Democratic

policy impact 0.86 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 97%

Contest this claim

Occurrences

Evidence

Congress.gov shows Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman as sponsor of H.R.7166, introduced on January 20, 2026, and referred the same day to the House Committee on the Judiciary. The bill remains at the introduced stage with no later action listed.

Recent official action shows Watson Coleman advancing a gun-control bill, but not a ban on assault weapons or high-capacity magazines, and with no subsequent progress.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R.7166 - Stop Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 92%

Contest this evidence item

Congress.gov lists Mrs. Watson Coleman among the cosponsors of H.R.8051, the Assault Weapons Excise Act, which would impose an additional 1,000 percent excise tax on large-capacity ammunition feeding devices and semiautomatic assault weapons. The bill was introduced on June 14, 2022 and referred to committee.

Official congressional text shows Watson Coleman backed a measure targeting assault weapons and large-capacity magazines, but it was only introduced and never enacted.

partial same_term A for effort

H.R.8051 - Assault Weapons Excise Act
secondary · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 89%

Contest this evidence item

Assessments

never unknown A for effort

The promised federal outcome was a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition clips. The evidence shows Watson Coleman supported or introduced related gun-control measures, including an excise-tax bill targeting assault weapons and large-capacity feeding devices and a bill on online ammunition sales, but those measures did not enact the promised ban. Because there is no evidence that Congress passed and implemented a federal assault-weapons and high-capacity-magazine ban attributable to her work, the promise was not delivered. The legislative activity is enough to credit a serious effort.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 86%